Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-12-29
A VOICE FROM THE SOUTH.
Prosperity of Tat Section-Good Results
of the T.1acer Citrus Exhibit.

VI uhe .1aCer Citrus ExnlDit.
Los ANGELES, December 26, 1887.
EDS. RECORD UNION: have no doubt
that short letter from this place will be OF
interest TO your many readers in the north
ern pfIrt of the State, especially if it is
spic'sd q little with Northern California
Citrus display" The writer has spent
some time in this city and the surrounding
towns II is certainly wonderful to see the
number of people who are gathering here.
| Every hotel, clearinghouse and nearly all
spare rooms in private houses are full.
/ Rents are enormously high, in many IN
stances paying return to the landlord oil
| about 30 per cent. ON reimbursement. Two
houses have just been completed IN a town
near here at cost of $3.50 each, and both
were rented before they were finished at
$50 per month each, and this is but an ex-
ample of what is being done in nearly all
| the towns OF Southern California. L ne
country is overrun with Eastern people VINO
! are eager to secure home in land where
winter is spring" and this has been
| brought about by the energy and push OF
the people of the southern Fart OF the State,
who are alive and wide awake. Nearly
every man who owns any land constitutes
| himself q Iea-estate agent and goes in for
own section they are all united in keeping
| the claim before the people that " Southern
California comprises the entire citrus belt
of the State''
J The Placer county citrus display here
| has served 10 open the eyes Of great many
of those who have been blind" The ex-
hibition is very creditable one, and Is
made to show to the best advantage under
the able management of Mr.. 2. w. Butler
md h -hA tirin in
their efforts to make it a success. They
may be found at their posts early and late,
each surrounded by an eager listening
crowd. One OF the committee is kept busy
with pointer beside large map OF the
county.
am glad to note that other counties are
sending their products to the Placer Com
mittee for exhibition, and that Sacramento
county has subscribed 50 literally in
money, TO help sustain the exhibition here.
! 1t should be continued two weeks longer at
| least, it Will be of untold value to the
northern part of the State, as well as to
| Placer county in particular.
| Southern California is a good country
| and there are sections of it that are hard
! to beat but for the home-seeker, the man
| who has but few thousand dollars to
invest, and who wishes TO make home
and good living for himself and family, |
would recommend the Northern California
citrus belt. And the people of that part of
the State must begin at once to make
| preparations to meet and properly entertain
that class of emigrants, together with men
of capital, who are sure to go there soon.
The majority of those who have settled
here thus far, are people of means and are
located in the cities and towns, but there
will soon be tide of immigration fiocking
to California, who will be tillers of the
soil, and they will locate where land is
cheaper and where the climate is unex-
celled, to wit-Central and Northern Cali
fornia Citrus Belt Your truly,